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maternal care
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Definition
Parental behaviors including female-pup interactions, vigilance, and antipredator behaviors that influence offspring survival and development
Related Terms (25)
biparental brood carematernal carepup carematernal behaviormaternal inputmaternal investmentbi-parental carereproductive investmentfeeding frequencyfood provisioning
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Publications (29)
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Out of sight, out of mind: The role of carcass burial and maintenance in reducing competition in Nicrophorus investigator
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The Fate of Burying Beetles and their Carcasses: Hardships, Competition and Environmental Factors
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Effects of trophic phenological synchrony or dyssynchrony on maternal investment of a small herbivorous mammal (Callospermophilus lateralis)
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Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures
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Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits
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Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow
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Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles
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Heritability of Maternal Investment in Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)
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Litter relocation behavior in two species of ground dwelling squirrels
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Litter relocation behavior in two species of ground dwelling squirrels
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Correlates of maternal glucocorticoid levels in a socially flexible rodent
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Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration
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Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigator’s Reproductive Success
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Female kin density affects offspring sex ratio in an asocial mammal, the golden-mantled ground squirrell <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>
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Does Stress Explain Variation in Marmot Parenting Behavior or Pup Survival?
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Yellow-bellied marmots do not compensate for a late start: the role of maternal investment in shaping life-history trajectories
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Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.
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Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.
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Nicrophorus investigator: The Effects of Asymmetry in Body Size on the Duration of Bi-parental Care.
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Nicrophorus investigator: The Effects of Asymmetry in Body Size on the Duration of Bi-parental Care.
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Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).
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The effects of parental care on brood success and quality in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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The effects of parental care on brood success and quality in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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Frenemies: conflict and cooperation in burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) parental care
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Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator
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The structure, meaning and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams
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Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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Evolution of sociality in marmots
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